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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2012: WIND/AIR
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Kari5.4 Chemical Combo
The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer has 2 N's and 3 O's between the title and author name.
10.6 Contraction Action
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Task 10.5 - Caribbean QueenA Caribbean Mystery
Task 10.7 - A Reason to Celebrate
(Day of the week in the title)
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Alexander McCall Smith is a GoodReads author
Task 10.10 - Air Conditioned Cool
(Snow on cover)
Points this post: 30
Tasks completed this post: 3
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0, 1
Total points: 65
Total tasks completed: 7
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total GoodReads authors: 2
5.3 Dust in the WindCeremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Native American culture & characters.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Big books total: 0
Goodreads author total: 0
30.9 Nick KY's Task: North by NorthwestOption 1: Read a book set partially or entirely in Chicago.
Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison
Option 4: Alaska
A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
Thea Harrison and Dana Stabenow are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Goodreads Author: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Kathy G.10.2- Eat an Oreo a Day
Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler
***Claiming Big Book--- 544 pgs.***
Skeleton has E-L-E in it.
Total Points- 80
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books (500+) 1
15.7 - The First Day of SummerCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare.
Good for a Big Book (512 pp) and a Goodreads author as well.
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A: 3. Toby Keith (re-read an old favorite, or a new or previously unread book by a favorite author)
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (Goodreads author)
Group B: 4. Trace Adkins
- Read a book that you got for free.
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella - borrowed it from the library
30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
1. Say Cheese! Book that is about someone frequently photographed in newspapers and/or other types of print media
Last Night at Chateau Marmont – Lauren Weisberger - book is about a couple and how they deal with the man becoming a rockstar
6. Flower Power: Book with flowers on the cover
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
Points this post: 75
Total points: 75
Big books total: 1 (500)
Goodreads author total: 2
Emmalita20.8 It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
I chose option 6. This book has white letters on the title
This post: 20
Total points to date: 140
Goodread authors: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 7
Meera20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
(4). Grey: White Cat by Holly Black. Has "white" in title. GR Author
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 250
Books read: 16
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the NumbersI rolled a 3.
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
The Near Witch was tagged as being in the Mystery genre.
Total Points: 50
AprilDT10.4- Air Signs
Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
Roberts was born Oct. 10 - Libra
Points this post: 10
Challenge total: 70
Completed tasks: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.9 Summer Readers:I used Elizabeth NC's list and read
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. Great book. Thanks, Elizabeth.
15.1 The Colors of Summer:
A. Summertime Blues:
Louise Erdrich The book made me pretty blue to read, too.B. The Green Leaves of Summer:
by Kage Baker. This book is much greener in "person". (in real life)((in book life)) 15.3 A Summer Romance:
1.A The Boys of Summer:
I used Brothers and Daughter as my words
Band Of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
1.B Girls in their Summer Clothes:
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times by Cynthia A. Kierner
20.1 Most Improved--Stesse's Task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!:
4. The Black Opera by Mary Gentle
Today's Total: 55
Grand Total: 415
15.8 "Summer of '69"
by Pat Lowery CollinsAbout orphans who play vivaldi's music
Previous points:120
new points:15
Total:135
ImmersednbooksTask 5.1: Let the Games Begin
Gold Medal Murder by Franklin W. Dixon.
Words in the title: Gold and Medal
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20.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
Rolled a 5: Chose the Red Ring for Americas and Read:
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
and as the goodreads page book synopsis mentions, the book is set in Lily, Arkansas (North America)
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20.4 - Author! Author! - Jecca's task: Let’s Go Camping
Rolled a 5: and Read:
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (first time reading his work)
What was Found: A lowly "ship breaker" finds a beached ship and its owner after a bad storm. This find is equivalent to striking gold or oil to us.
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25.7 Marcia's task: Youtube Summer Fun
3- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë -- Deceased 3/31/1885
(BigBookTicket 510 pages)
4- On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
(Goodreads Author)
The setting is apart of and surrounds a boarding school, the main character is Taylor and she is of High school age.
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25.8 - Kate S's task: Going to the Ball Park
A2, Away- Read:
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
I live in the US and Melina Marchetta is from Australia
(goodreads Author)
C2, Short book written by a man- Read:
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 118 pages
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30.1 Cindy AL's task: SuperHero Summer
1- Crossed by Ally Condie science fiction as a genre
2- The Enchantress by Michael Scott Mythology>Fantasy as a genre
(BigBook 513pages)
(Goodreads Author)
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30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A-4 Jewelry on Cover:
(necklace approved in help thread) by Cassandra Clare
(Goodreads Author)
B-1: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Author Initials RM, both in "RuM"
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30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Prowl
Book A: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
bIttErblUe kristen cAshOre - AEIOU
(big book ticket 563 pages)
Book B: Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
And sometimes Y- You
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30.5 Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
Home Country: US
A: I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Set in Australia, recommended from my favorite Librarian :)
(Goodreads Author)
B: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino de Santiago: St. Jean * Roncesvalles * Santiago by John Brierley
Set in Spain, borrowed from my sister, because we are planning a pilgrimage.
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30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
1: Batman vs Joker
A: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
About Mia a 17yo in a coma trying to decide to stay or go after realizing she is the only survivor of a horrible car crash leaving her without parents or siblings.
B: Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Genre Humor
(goodreads author)
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30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
A4- One Word Title:
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
(goodreads Author)
B4- Free book:
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
borrowed from my sister, we share a lot of books, and it got me reading the series.
(goodreads author)
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30.10 Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad
4: Looking for Alaska by John Green
setting is a boarding school
5: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Alternate History Genre, series approved in help thread.
(goodreads author)
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30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
1. Repeat Day:
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Authors initials are repeats MM
(goodreads author)
5. Chinese Valentines Day:
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Genre Romance
(goodreads author)
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Tally
Points
-This post: 335
-Previous post: 0
-Total points: 335
Big Books
-This post: (500)x3
-previous post: 0
-Total: 3
Goodreads Authors
-This post:11
-previous post:0
-Total: 11
15.5 Summer in the CityNone Turn Back by Storm Jameson
Takes place in London.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Task 15.5 - Summer in the city (NY setting)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Challenge total = 200
Sheila20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa!
I chose option 4-Grey and read a book with white in the title.
White Shotgun by April Smith
Total Points = 475
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.4 -- Chemical Combo - 2 'N's & 2 'O's
Sullivan's Woman by Nora Roberts
SullivaN's WOmaN by NOra Roberts
15.1. The Colors of Summer
A. Blue cover:
by Susan CarrollB. Green cover:
by Elizabeth Lowell - approved in H.T. #5920.3 Best Review- Anne (booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers
I rolled a 5 for Olympic Rings and chose Red for the Americas
Margaritas and Murder by Jessica Fletcher is set in central Mexico
Points this post = 40
Total Points = 180
Tasks Completed = 11
Total Pages = 5240
20.2 - Nicola's Task: School's Out for SummerThe book I chose to read actually fits both option 2 (school's out forever) and option 4 (no more pencils...).
I read Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden. This book fits option 2 because both girls are pretty recent Smith graduates embarking on jobs as schoolteachers in rural Colorado. This book fits option 4 because, of course, it's about 2 teachers.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: Vaddey Ratner
Big Books: (1) - (2) The Fires of Heaven (3) -
15.9. “Summer Nights”Read a book set in the 1950s or first published in the 1950’s.
Flowers for Algernon (1959) by Daniel Keyes (Mass Market Paperback, 312 pages)
140 + 15= 155
Tasks Completed: 8
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 140 + 15 = 155
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,142
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Chaitra10.1 SKIP TO MY LOU
A book by an author whose consecutive initials skip a consecutive letter in the alphabet.
I read The Plague by Albert Camus. The author's initials are A
Points: 10
20.06 SPRING FAVORITES INTO SUMMER
I came up with option 2: A book with the author’s initials/the genre/the named book: Adam Gidwitz/Fairy Tale/A Tale Dark and Grimm.
I read Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. The author's initials are AG, the same as Adam Gidwitz.
Sea of Poppies is a big book. My copy had 528 pages.
Points: 20
20.10 GROUP READS
I read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. The messages #6 and #11 are my contributions to the discussion.
The Name of the Rose is a big book. My copy had 560 pages.
Points: 20
30.3 AYE, AYE, MATEY!
Choosing from A:
X Marks the Spot - X in the title/subtitle/author's name.
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran. X is in the word EXECUTIONER.
and
From B:
Pass the Jug - Author's initials in the words Rum and/or Whiskey.
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell. K is in "Whiskey" and R in "Rum".
Karen Russell is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 30
30.5 BEG, BORROW OR STEAL
My home country is INDIA.
Choosing
B. Borrow - from the library
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. The book is set in NORTH AMERICA.
and
C. Steal - from moderator Sandy's shelves. Thanks Sandy!
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Book is set in EUROPE.
Points: 30
Points this post: 110
Total Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 5020
BABBLING C30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
A4 - Golden Doubloons - Read a book that has money- coins or paper, jewels or jewelry or a treasure chest on the cover.
A Secret in Her Kiss by Anna Randol (GRA) -- a little hard to see, but the woman is wearing a jeweled collar/necklace, armband, and hair ornaments.
B2 - “I’ll cut your gizzard!” - Read a book with a knife or sword on the cover
Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin (GRA) -- sword is in her right hand.
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 60
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Casselm30.1 Cindy AL's task: Superhero Summer
Option 3: The Hulk: Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close. It has an article of clothing in the title.
Option 4: Captain America: Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart. This book is set in 1944.
30.11 Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays
1. Repeat Day: WLT: 2a Radio Romance by Garrison Keillor. Repeating phrase is "Radio Romance".
3. Moon Day:
by Robyn Sisman. The book has a moon on its cover.Total points: 60
15.5 Summer in the CityI read Brian Wood's DMZ, Vol. 5: The Hidden War, set in New York City.
Brian Wood is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 365
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 23
Total Pages Read: 5485
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
JACKIE NC25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and Feet
Book 1:
by Margery AllinghamBook 2:
byAnnette BlairAnnette Blair is a Goodreads author.
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G.'s task- Aye, Aye, Matey!
Book A-3 Option:
Death of a Glutton by M.C. Beaton
#8 in Hamish Macbeth series
Book B-3 Option:
Some Like it Lethal by Nancy Martin
Mystery
Nancy Martin is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry
It makes me feel good because it's formulated to make the reader appear to have increased his or her EQ by the end of the book.
20.10 Group Reads
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
My post in the discussion thread is message #13.
At 536 pages, this is a big book.
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Points this post: 35
Total points: 135
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 6
Total pages: 2,508
Total books: 7
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.5-Caribbean Queen!...read a book set in the Caribbean:
I read
(story takes place in the Bahamas)Hurricanes in Paradise by Denise Hildreth 375 pages (6.27)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 235
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = 1
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
REPOST:5.9 Summer Readers:
I used ElizabethNC who joined July 2008. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13...
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
No change in totals.
20.3 Reading by the NumbersI rolled a "3" Reading, and selected "thrillers".
I read
Fragile by Lisa Unger (a GoodReads author).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Big books total: 0
Goodreads author total: 3
ALICIA T20.6 My Spring Favorites Into Your Summer Read
I rolled a 5 and chose to read a mystery genre novel:
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
SARAH THE LIBRARIAN30.2 Sassafrass's task: I’ll Leave My Heart in San Francisco!
4. The San Francisco Treat:
Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown - approved in help thread #33-34
I read a publisher's advance copy.
5. A taste of Asia:
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan - Tan is of Asian descent, her characters are Asian and at least 1/3 of this book takes place in China.
30.8 Delicious Dee's task: It's Time for the Summer Country Concert Series
Group A - Concerts I am seeing this summer
4. Brad Paisley
Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I read a publisher's advance copy.
Amy Kathleen Ryan is a GRA.
Group B. Concerts I have seen
4. Trace Adkins
Holding On to Zoe by George Ella Lyon
I read a publisher's advance copy, which I received for free from the publisher.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 10
GRA: 6
Big Books 500+(1), 750+ (), 1000+()
Marie-Anne5.3 -- Dust in the Wind: The Ghost Painter by Marilu Norden. Features Native American culture and characters, as well as paintings that feature Native American culture in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area.
Marilu Norden is a GoodReads author. I received a free copy of this book from the author in a giveaway.
20.1 - Most Improved - Stesse's task: Fifty Shades of Whoa! Option 2) Shades: Western is a genre I have not really explored before. Passin' Through by Louis l'Amour.
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Putterpal's task: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too! Option 6: White cake -- Title in white letters on the cover. Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers.
30.11 - Laurie ME's task: Fun Summer Holidays.
Book 1) option 3) Moon Day Moon Spinners by Sally Goldenbaum has the moon in title and on cover. Sally Goldenbaum is a GoodReads author.
Book 2) option 4) Culinary Day The Grave Gourmet by Alexander Campion. Plays in Paris and prominently features a gourmet restaurant as well as a gourmet food and gourmet food critic.
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 90
Total tasks: 5
Total books: 6
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000 (0)
Mod
I read Knack Organizing Your Home: Decluttering Solutions and Storage Ideas - that will certainly keep me busy!
15.2. “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer”
For my first book, I read The Last Wife of Henry VIII. For my second book, I read The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times - rhyming words "wife" and "life."
15.10. ”Feel Good Hit of the Summer"
I read Home From the Sea. A new Mercedes Lackey is always a treat.
Total: 255
Sheila15.6. “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
by Megan AbbottI love to swim in the summer
Total Points = 490
ANGIE CA25.3 Hands and Feet
Book 1:
by Jodi MeadowsBook 2:
by Sarah TregayThis Post: 25
Points to Date: 170
5.9 Summer ReadersSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
From the shelves of Gayla: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12...
Goodreads author Karen Russell
Points this post = 5
Total points = 130
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 5
Coralie15.1 The Colors of Summer
Blue Fin
The Green Brain
15.4 Summer Reading
The GroWINg Pains of ADrian Mole by Sue Townsend
15.5 Summer in the City
Emil and the Detectives which is set in Berlin.
20.4 Let’s Go Camping
Rolled a 2 Hermit Island
Green Rider by Kristen Britain a new to me author who lives in a log cabin on Mount Desert Island
Total points 395
Readerboard name: Tkav20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
Rolled 6 - Chose genre option (historical fiction)
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65/1080
Tasks Completed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Barbara★30.5 -- Bluemoon's task: BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD --
Option A - Beg -The Huntress And The Sphinx - Ru Emerson
(librarian recommendation, set in Greece/Europe)
Option B - Borrow - Eona - Alison Goodman (library book, set in China)
Big Ticket Item: EONA is 637 pages
Alison Goodman is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 175
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
SOELO20.4 Let's Go Camping
I rolled a 1 so I read Storybound
which Word underlines in red and whose author, Marissa Burt, is new to me.30.4 Vowel Prowl
For book A, I read The girl whO cIrcUmnAvigatEd fairyland in a ship of her own making
which contains AEIO and U.For book B, I read
, where Yoda starts with a Y.Points this post: 50
Total so far: 90
25.3 - Keltie Lee's task: Hands and FeetBook 1 Read a book with a hand(s) on the cover.
Allison Brennan is a GR Author
Book 2: Read a book with a foot/feet on the cover.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 6
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.10 - Up, Up, and AwayThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack - affAIR
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Nicola's task: School's Out For Summer
Option 4 - Election - Mr M, one of the protagonists, is a high school teacher (and this book is set in high school)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader-Michelle WI's task: My Spring Favorites into Your Summer Read
I rolled a '6', so I read Katherine by Anya Seton, a historical fiction novel.
Tasks completed: 15/60
Books read: 18/85
Points claimed in this post: 45
Total points claimed: 220
Casselm30.9 Nick KY's task: North by Northwest
For both books, I chose to use option 4.
Book 1: Upstairs Girls: Prostitution In The American West by Michael Rutter. This book is set in Wyoming, the Dakotas, and Montana (among others), and was approved in the help thread.
Book 2: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik, which is set in Minnesota.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
20.3 Best Review- Anne (Booklady)'s task: Reading...by the Numbers2. Repeat Spring
I rolled a 2 and did not finish the Spring Challenge. I did 10.6. Middle Name Pride Day Task and read **Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
**Big Book: Little Women is 528 Pages**
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Isabell's task: In homage to MZB
2. Award: Stephen King won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2004.
**11/22/63 by Stephen King
**Big Book: 11/22/63 is 849 Pages**
30.7 Ms. Anderson’s Task – The Final Battle
4. Black Widow vs. Red Guardian
A. Mitch Rapp is a counter-terrorism operative employed, first unofficially then officially, by the CIA. The primary focus of the character is thwarting Middle Eastern terrorist attacks on the United States and he is presented as an aggressive operative who is willing to take measures that are more extreme than might be considered commonly acceptable.
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
B. Romance is on GR main book page.
Dance with Me by *Luanne Rice
*Luanne Rice is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 70
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 3
Pages Read in This Post: 2257
Totals:
Total Points: 130
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read in Summer 2012 SRC: 4268
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Summer 2012 Reviews
Laurie ME25.5: Stacie MI's Task: Even More Fun with Holidays!!
Option 5: Wiggle Your Toes Day.
Tangled Up In You (Truly, Idaho, #2) by Rachel Gibson
Option 6: Just Because Day:
True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel Gibson
30.4: Dimrose's Task: Vowel Prowl
1. AEIOU - kAsEy mIchaels - can't take my eyes Off yoU.
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You by Kasey Michaels
2. Sometimes Y: truly madly Yours
Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson
30.7: Ms Anderseon's Task: The Final Battle: Option 5:
A. Who Wants to Murder a Millionaire? by Carol Marlene Smith approved #568; Carol Marlene Smith is a GRA. Takes place in Nova Scotia, Canada.
B. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie #164 on list.
Points this Post: 85.
Total Points: 345.
GRA this Post: 1.
Task 30.11 Fun Summer HolidaysOption 1 (repeating initials): Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks
Option 5 (romance): Nobody's Baby But Mine / This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
* Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a Goodreads Author
Task 15.7 The first day of summer
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
* Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads author
Task 20.8 Have your cake and eat it too
White Cake: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Cover:
* Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads author
Totals
Points this Post: 65
Total Points: 65
Total books read: 4
Total pages read: 1457
Big Books: 0
Goodreads Author: 3
30.10 Butterflycager's Task - Honoring the Flag and My Dad 1. Read a book with "flag" in the title OR with a flag on the cover (need not be an American flag, any flag will do).
by Sally Jenkins5. Read any book by Harry Turtledove OR any book that has alternate history on the genre list on its main GR page.
by Michael ChabonThis Post: 30
Total Points: 200/1080
Tasks Completed: 13/60
Books Read: 21/84
Kathy G.15.6- Hot Fun in the Summertime
by Peggy Parish***I like to play at the beach***
Total Points- 95
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- (500+) 1
Chris MD15.3 Summer Romancee
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar
Kings and Queens are my male and female nouns.
15.7 First Day of Summer
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
This is the first book in the 5-book series The Underland Chronicles
20.4 Let's Go Camping
Rolled a 4 - Things That Go Bump in the Night
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
There are a number of spooky scenes in this book, but my favorite is when the forces of the Dark try to attack the Old Ones in the church on Christmas Day.
I listened to this audio version. The MM paperback has 244 pages.
Susan Cooper is a GR author. Claiming one author ticket.
Points for this post: 15 + 15 + 20 = 50
Total points: 75 + 50 = 125
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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State of Wonder by Ann Patchett which was nominated for the Fall 2011 Modern Lit read.
Total points: 65